Shari Thurow is Webmaster and Marketing Director for Grantastic Designs, Inc. She has been designing and promoting web sites since 1995, and is outsourced to many firms throughout the U.S. The firm currently has a 100 percent success rate for getting client sites ranked at the top of search engine and directory queries.

Grantastic Designs has designed and successfully marketed Web sites for businesses in fields including medicine, finance, science, biotechnology, software, computers, online stores, e-commerce, real estate, manufacturing, art and design, marketing, insurance, employment, education and law.

Acknowledged as the leading expert on search engine friendly Web sites worldwide, Shari is the author of the top-selling marketing book, Search Engine Visibility (www.searchenginesbook.com). The book teaches Web developers how to build a site, from concept through promotion, that pleases both site visitors and the search engines. She also writes a bimonthly search-engine marketing column for Clickz.com.

Grantastic Designs has been featured in many offline publications including PC World, Wired, Internet Retailer, Crain's Chicago Business, Inc. magazine, MacWorld, and ComputerUser.com.

Grantastic Designs, Inc. began in Honolulu in 1993 as a print graphic design firm. Using traditional and electronic art production methods, the company has expanded to include Web site design and online promotion, logo design, illustration, presentation design and Web image design. The company has an outstanding success rate in achieving high rankings for clients in search engines and directories. Clients have included Fortune 500 companies, international businesses, small businesses, accredited educational institutions and nonprofit organizations.